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Countries with the highest
Urban population growth (annual %)

In 2022, Rwanda leads Urban population growth (annual %) with 8. Burundi follows at 8, and the gap between the top two positions is 0. This page is built for long-tail search demand and links to archives and country profiles.

Year archive

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Ranking leaders

0.02.14.26.38.4RwandaRwanda: 88.4BurundiBurundi: 88.3St. LuciaSt. Lucia: 66.0QatarQatar: 65.9ChadChad: 65.5EthiopiaEthiopia: 55.4UgandaUganda: 55.3MaliMali: 55.3United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab Emirates: 55.3KuwaitKuwait: 55.1OmanOman: 54.8SenegalSenegal: 54.8

Full table

#CountryValue
51 British Virgin Islands 3
52 South Sudan 3
53 West Bank and Gaza 3
54 Gabon 3
55 Togo 3
56 Malta 3
57 Eswatini 3
58 Honduras 3
59 Iceland 2
60 Congo, Rep. 2
61 Kenya 2
62 Algeria 2
63 Vanuatu 2
64 Maldives 2
65 Ireland 2
66 Iraq 2
67 Mongolia 2
68 Haiti 2
69 Bhutan 2
70 Sao Tome and Principe 2
71 Luxembourg 2
72 Kazakhstan 2
73 Tajikistan 2
74 Uzbekistan 2
75 Thailand 2
76 Cayman Islands 2
77 Canada 2
78 Guatemala 2
79 Gibraltar 2
80 Jordan 2
81 Cambodia 2
82 Turkmenistan 2
83 Israel 2
84 Bangladesh 2
85 Djibouti 2
86 Indonesia 2
87 Malaysia 2
88 Andorra 2
89 Estonia 2
90 Cabo Verde 2
91 Kosovo 2
92 India 2
93 Botswana 2
94 Switzerland 2
95 Iran, Islamic Rep. 2
96 Kyrgyz Republic 2
97 Egypt, Arab Rep. 2
98 Faroe Islands 2
99 Afghanistan 2
100 Czechia 2

Analytical takeaways

  • Rwanda leads the global ranking for Urban population growth (annual %) in 2022, with a lead of 0 over the next country.
  • The visible slice on this page covers 12 countries, and the lower edge of that slice currently sits with Senegal at 5.
  • The ranking page acts as a high-intent entry point into country+indicator pages, year archives, and thematic collections.